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Please find the attached comments and reference material from the Center for Biological Diversity regarding APHIS' notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the grasshopper and Mormon cricket program. Docket Number: APHIS-2026-0628

Please find the attached comments and reference material from the Center for Biological Diversity regarding APHIS' notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the grasshopper and Mormon cricket program. Docket Number: APHIS-2026-0628

Please see attached the comments from 11,123 Center for Biological Diversity supporters urging APHIS to completely overhaul its approach, stop drenching sensitive public lands with insecticides, and protect wildlife, people, and public lands.

July 20, 2026 Re: Comments on the Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement; Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program Docket No. APHIS-2026-0628 On July 20, 2026, the web sites - www.federalregister.gov and Regulations.gov - for sending comments on APHIS's Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for a Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program were not properly working. I corresponded with the agency's point of contact Mr. William D. Wesela, APHIS National Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Policy Manager, who confirmed that sending comments by mail on a USB stick would be accepted into the public comment record. Please consider the best available science and relevant information, provided on a USB stick, as part of the Center for Biological Diversity's and The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation's comments in developing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for a Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program. Sincerely, Darrell Geist Staff Paralegal, Environmental Health Program Center for Biological Diversity dgeist@biologicaldiversity.org